Lmao what is woke about changing names. De colonization should happen, and I agree with cold hearted aviator. It will not happen now but should be done slowly.
de colonization has nothing do with wearing clothes, using technology or about language. We should get rid of every british symbols and nomenclature from the armed forces.
Using british nomenclature, etiquettes and training methods reeks of mental colonization. They should be replaced with Indian equivalent.
That’s exactly the core issue
which is the Indian equivalent we’re supposed to adopt?
What rank will you use ? Subedar, havildar etc have Mughal origins
Eriya Udaiyar and other such were Chola ranks
There are so many others go, pick and choose.
And as for etiquette and drills ?
I agree they need to be changed.
They’ve become hollow rituals. Even the British have discarded many of their own Victorian formalities.
In the mess, our officers roll rotis and dip them in dal, awkwardly mimicking some imagined "gentleman" way. It’s when we can
build institutions from our own logic, not cosplay heritage
Even the British, when they adopted Indian food, eventually ate it
the way it’s done—with hands, not with some colonial hangover of forced etiquette.
The real issue is modernization. For the British it was to dump their victorian values for modern ones
For us it should also be to dump the British victorian, colonial etiquettes
But changing Regiment names ? Have they not build a solid foundation post independence ?
Actually do remove caste denominations like Rajputs and Jats then what ? Because those came after the Hunna invasions
Just make it the Navy way man, honestly....why replace British 'traditions' with Indian ones when you can remove much of the traditions and just keep your regimental history with you.
The Japanese never got colonized and yet they have customs similar to that of the west. Yes I belive boycotting uneccesary cultural things which hold no meaning in the actual world and are unnecessarily given attention is 'woke'.
It's not decolonization or anything....just get rid of this colonial hangover and move the fuck on
. Everything is treated like a civil stock-keeping exercise. Bean counting to the max. Also this gun is old enough to have a kid in college. And the reflex is liable for a pension it's so worn out.
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